Chapter 186 – Boom! 6

Chapter 186 – Boom! 6

She is also admirable and clever.

“Get down.”

Lee Jeongho’s legs trembled as he got off the table.

Then he leaned on the sofa with one hand and sat down.

He couldn’t lift his head.

‘Damn it…’

When was the last time Father hit him?

It hadn’t happened since he was a teenager.

Could there be anything more humiliating?

In front of his siblings and nephew, no less.

He felt stripped bare, a reality he couldn’t even imagine.

However.

If this made everything disappear, he could be hit 100 or even 1000 more times.

Even a mere creature gives its body as food to its young and ends its life, they say.

‘He must know it well. That I’m the only child who can sit in the next Chairman’s seat.’

Lee Jeongmi and Lee Jeonghye were out of the question, and while Jeongcheol had ambition, it was small.

Though he could make people tremble with his very blunt and direct gaze, his personality, which adhered to the Righteous Path, meant he couldn’t hold many things in that vessel.

Even if he tries to contain it, it will shatter.

In other words, he’s not worthy to hold Shinhwa Group.

The position of Chairman of Shinhwa Group is his.

Today’s humiliation may become fodder for his siblings’ drunken jokes, but he just needs to regroup and tame them.

He just needs to suppress and step on them so they can’t even make eye contact.

Then Chairman Lee opened his mouth.

“Listen carefully to what your father says from now on.”

Chairman Lee’s gaze shifted to his children, one by one.

“You transferred your shares to Jeongho, didn’t you? Transfer half of the shares you originally held to Hyerim.”

Tiny blood vessels, like a spiderweb, appeared in Lee Jeongho’s wide-open eyes.

Lee Jeongho couldn’t believe his ears.

Would a bomb exploding sound like this…

Hyerim’s father, Lee Jeongcheol, was just as surprised.

Lee Hyerim was equally surprised.

She had thought that if she told Grandfather about her uncle’s plan, he would give her something.

But half of the shares held by her uncle and aunts?

If she received those shares in addition to what she already had, she would immediately be directly under Grandfather.

Lee Hyerim couldn’t easily steady her trembling eyes.

What was unfolding before her was not just a rise in status, but the possibility of becoming a key figure in the owner family.

For some reason, she even felt scared.

Then, she suddenly felt a warmth on one shoulder.

She seemed to hear a voice too.

‘You deserve it. You’re more than enough.’

It was as if Woojin was placing his hand on her shoulder, smiling.

Lee Hyerim’s gaze, which had lingered on her shoulder for a moment, returned to its original position.

Her posture also changed.

The muscles that had been stiffening his body relaxed, and the atmosphere also softened, making him seem much more at ease.

“The Go Board Woojin made for me shouldn’t be a hammer.”

Lee Hyerim’s appearance made them angry.

“Dad! Suddenly…”

Chairman Lee cut off Lee Jeongmi’s cry.

“From now on, if you talk back to me, you’ll have to let go of one of the things you’re holding for each word.”

Lee Jeongmi felt like her dad had really lost his mind.

She spoke again, as if shouting.

“Dad…”

Chairman Lee’s gaze fixed on Lee Jeongmi.

“You have electricity, don’t you? Chief Jo, no, now it’s Chief Cha. I’ll tell Chief Cha, so don’t cause trouble and hand it over so there are no complaints.”

Lee Jeongmi, whose neck was red, clenched her fists.

It seemed like words would burst out of her mouth, but she endured it by clenching her molars.

It was because if she said one more word, it seemed like the hotel would also be gone.

Chairman Lee’s gaze then moved to his youngest daughter.

“Jeonghye. Don’t be greedy. Just protect what you have. Even protecting it isn’t easy.”

Lee Jeonghye nodded repeatedly with her lips pressed together.

Finally, Chairman Lee’s gaze fixed on Lee Jeongho.

Trembling, he just bowed his head and couldn’t say anything.

His prediction had been spectacularly wrong.

Not Jeongcheol, not Jeongmi, but to this kid who’s still wet behind the ears…

Lee Jeongho raised his head, his eyes looking as if he would shed tears of blood in the Gold Room.

“I won’t say it twice. Hand it over to Hyerim.”

“Father. What is the reason you are doing this…?”

“Are you asking because you don’t know? Was the beating not enough?”

Lee Jeongho stood up from his seat.

“Father, I’ll take more scolding and punishment. But…”

Lee Jeongho’s gaze fixed on Lee Hyerim.

“Oh dear…”

Lee Jeongcheol growled lowly.

“Watch your words.”

Words flowed from Lee Jeongcheol’s mouth as if he was spitting them out.

“Hyerim is still very inexperienced and young. She doesn’t even know how to manage people…”

“Didn’t I tell you not to talk back? You’ve taken your father’s words lightly, Jeongho. I can turn your shares in Mulsan into worthless paper. Do you think your father can’t do it?”

“Father….”

“Quiet. Tell Chief Cha to come in.”

At Chairman Lee’s words, the man waiting in the hallway went outside.

Soon, Cha Juhyeok came in and bowed deeply to Chairman Lee.

“Help me transfer half of Jeongho’s shares to Hyerim.”

“Understood.”

As Cha Juhyeok bowed again, Lee Jeongho opened his mouth.

“Father, do you think the shareholders will just stand by at the Board Meeting?”

“They’re the same guys who carried sacks and ate dirt with me. They’re the ones who slept together in cramped rooms and knew whose room breath was worse. Don’t worry and just do as your father says.”

Lee Jeongho’s fists clenched as if to break.

“Aren’t you going to answer?”

“Yes.”

It was a very short answer.

“Chief Cha, what are you doing? Has the Chief badge made you heavy?”

“No, sir.”

Chief Cha immediately spoke to Lee Jeongho.

“CEO. I will escort you.”

Lee Jeongho, who had been standing still, looked at his father’s face once.

Dementia or not, he’s definitely not in his right mind.

Giving shares to a kid who’s barely old enough to shave… Dementia or not, he’s not in his right mind.

Anger gradually consumed Lee Jeongho.

Not only did he suffer the humiliation of being switched in front of his siblings, but he also had to hand over shares to his niece.

Soon, Lee Jeongho, who had bowed slightly to Chairman Lee, went outside.

And he asked Cha Juhyeok, who was following behind him.

“Chief Jo. What happened?”

“More charges have been revealed. It won’t be easy for you to get out.”

Lee Jeongho let out a small laugh.

Then Cha Juhyeok opened the door of the car he had arrived in.

“I’ll escort you.”

Lee Jeongho glared at Cha Juhyeok for a moment.

Cha Juhyeok slightly avoided his gaze, but he didn’t seem intimidated.

He had to shed his old self and become a new person, fitting for his position.

“Let’s go in my car. Follow me.”

Lee Jeongho walked past Cha Juhyeok and sat in the back seat of his own car.

Thump!

And he spoke to his Executive Assistant.

“Contact Assemblyman Lee.”

“Understood.”

Lee Jeongho slowly clenched his molars.

If he couldn’t have it, he would break it. No, he would break it and make it his own again.

Into very small pieces, the first step would be LH Construction.

As the car departed, Lee Jeongho’s body no longer trembled.

However, his reddened eyes remained the same as before.

Someone was watching Lee Jeongho leave Chairman Lee’s Residence through the private room mirror in the car.

It was Woojin.

Woojin’s gaze, which had been on the private room mirror, turned back to the residence.

Representative Lee Jeongho.

He had boarded the ship called Anger.

Woojin, who understood Lee Jeongho’s environment and situation, and even saw his micro-expressions, could read Lee Jeongho like an open book.

The book was below, and Woojin was looking down at the book.

Woojin called someone, bringing his cellphone to his ear and muttering.

“Aggression needs star power.”

Soon, the other party answered the phone.

-Oh, look who it is… The busy People’s Staff calling me.

“I quit.”

-You… quit?

“Yes.”

-Why… are you doing that? Huh? Do you want to do something else?

“I figured I could catch criminals anytime. Is Mr. Kim Jaehoon doing well?”

He was the bodyguard of the villa.

Now he was Assemblyman Kim Cheolung’s executive assistant.

-He’s working hard. Too hard. He’s very diligently pursuing a righteous path, even going after reporters who criticize me.

“That’s a relief. Assemblyman Kim, do you happen to have time this evening?”

-Tonight?

“Yes.”

-Hmm… If Woojin wants to see me, I should. I should make time, even if I have to clear my schedule.

“You don’t have to if you’re busy.”

-No, no. Where?

“There’s a place that makes jjamppong and tangsuyuk so amazingly delicious.”

So delicious, it was a phrase Woojin often used, so Kim Cheolung understood immediately.

“I’ll treat you.”

-Not a National Assembly Member bribe, is it?

It was a joke, of course.

But Woojin paying…

Suddenly, Kim Cheolung found himself deep in thought.

-I haven’t been treated since I became an Assemblyman…

“Let me treat you this time.”

-Why do I feel scared?

“It’s a small gesture from me. Don’t feel burdened.”

-Putting your heart into jjamppong and tangsuyuk… Okay. Send me the address.

“Yes. Good luck.”

After the call, Woojin saw Lee Jeongmi and Lee Jeonghye leaving their home.

* * *

“Jeongcheol, you are not to get involved.”

He meant for him not to interfere with anything related to what he did to Lee Hyerim.

“Father, Hyerim is still very inexperienced. I don’t know what you’re thinking, but…”

“The quiet one gets more talkative with each passing year.”

“But, Father…”

“I’ll do the thinking and this father will make the decisions. Don’t say another word.”

In fact, Lee Jeongcheol wasn’t displeased with his father’s decision. No, ‘pleased’ would be a more fitting word.

But he couldn’t help but feel more worried.

Hyerim is still young, and many eyes connected to Shinhwa Group would not take kindly to this.

“Jeongcheol, don’t think of her as your child, just look at Hyerim. Don’t think of her as your child, and reconsider Hyerim’s actions.”

Just then, Lee Hyerim spoke.

“Grandfather, I’ll do my best.”

Lee Jeongcheol’s gaze naturally turned to Lee Hyerim.

She was so bold.

Conversely, Chairman Lee chuckled.

“Look at her. Didn’t she say she’d do her best? Then, she must do her best, of course. This is something her grandfather built by skipping meals and getting covered in dust.”

Chairman Lee put his granddaughter to the test.

This was on a different level than the previous discussions about SH Construction’s shares or electricity.

He ended up placing several more burdens on his granddaughter’s small shoulders.

Whether she could carry that burden to the top, get lost along the way, or encounter a storm and become exhausted and give up, it was entirely up to his granddaughter.

He planned to watch over her.

Age doesn’t matter.

He intended to observe her during the allotted time to see if she was truly capable of fully taking on the Shinhwa Group.

Chairman Lee opened his mouth again.

“Hyerim, from now on, you must not call me Grandfather. Call me Chairman Lee. Chairman Lee. You must view me strictly as a business associate. Try calling me that.”

Lee Hyerim smoothly rose from her seat and bowed her head slightly.

“Chairman Lee, my uncle, no, Representative Lee Jeongho seems to have arranged a meeting with Assemblyman Lee.”

She had just checked Woojin’s message.

“What? Hahahaha!”

Chairman Lee laughed loudly, as if amused.

Then he asked,

“Well, what do you think we should do?”